Docker catkin packager

This image can be used to generate a single binary deb archive from the contents of a catkin workspace.

The image expects the source directory to be mounted onto /root/catkin_ws/src in the container, and the generated deb will be written onto /debout.

Before building, the included script will fetch the contents of the .rosinstall file in the root of the workspace if there is one.

The process can be configured by setting the following environment variables in the container:

• CUSTOM_DISTRO_NAME (defaults to kinetic-custom): is the name of the custom distro into which the products will be installed (e.g. by default insalls into /opt/ros/kinetic-custom)
• PACKAGE_NAME (defaults to CUSTOM_DISTRO_NAME): the name of the package to be genrated
• VERSION_NUMBER (defaults to 1.0.0): the version number of the package to be generated
• SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: optional private SSH key if required to fetch private repositories in .rosinstall
• SSH_SERVER_HOSTKEYS: optional host keys of the server hosting the private repositories in .rosinstall (can be obtained with ssh-keyscan SERVER.URL)

If successful, the generated file will be written to /debout/${PACKAGE_NAME}_${VERSION_NUMBER}_amd64.deb inside the container. Mount the desired folder in your host into /debout to be able to retrieve the file.

Example

The following command will generate a deb archive from the packages in /home/user/my_catkin_ws/src and put the result in /home/user/my_catkin_ws/deb.

docker run --rm -e SSH_PRIVATE_KEY="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa)" \
                -e SSH_SERVER_HOSTKEYS="$(ssh-keyscan git.server.com)" \
                -e CUSTOM_DISTRO_NAME="cool-distro" \
                -e PACKAGE_NAME="cool-package" \
                -e VERSION_NUMBER="0.0.1" \
                -v /home/user/my_catkin_ws/src:/root/catkin_ws/src:ro \
                -v /home/user/my_catkin_ws/deb:/debout \
                tecnaliarobotics/docker-catkin-packager:kinetic